After a last-minute cancellation last week (thanks, circus!) we regrouped at Forest Rec to give the park another blitz.

Probably a good thing we waited, actually, as the grass and hedges were full of ice cream sticks, cups and sweet wrappers left over from the event. It did make a nice change to have our bags smelling like a Haribo factory rather than a very stale brewery though!

Find of the night went to Nigel for his inflatable alien (sadly punctured and destined for the bag. RIP, friend). Leah also found Forest Rec Parkrun's bell sign and was thinking of holding it hostage in exchange for new members until everyone else pointed out that they've more than likely printed a new one by now.

We'll be back with the Clean Champions on Earth Day (22 April), park TBC, so watch this space!

No, not that Forest! Forest Rec!

Three GoodGymers met up with Emily from the Clean Champions to pick up litter around the edge of the park.

Tom came away with 'Weirdest Item' in the form of a curtain (we think), although Rachel and Leah's bits of a dog food box were a close second. Leah also narrowly avoided binning a very, err, well-used kid's ball, but thankfully called out to find its owner before it made its way into a bag.

We'll be back in a couple of weeks for a Great British Spring Clean special, so sign up now!

Apologies for the late report!

A fantastic bunch of eight GGers headed out for our first GoodGym After Dark of the year.

Headtorches and high-vis duly donned, we paired up to clear the park of litter with equipment and assistance from Emily from the Clean Champions.

While he didn't find two bags' worth of beer cans this time, Peter did manage to bag an ironing board and a traffic cone!

Also a special shoutout to Nina who joined us for the first time, bringing along a friend and demonstrating some excellent plogging enthusiasm!

Keep an eye out for our next mission with the Clean Champions, we might not even need headtorches soon!

On a soggy night in Nottingham Rachel, Toni and Peter made their way to help Nottingham Clean Champions make another green space that little bit nicer. Armed with hi-viz and litter pickers we scoured Saint Mary's Rest garden and found plenty to pick and bag. Great to see local residents out with their pickers and bags. Made for good conversation about the park and goodgym and it meant there was plenty of bags left for the council to collect.

Not one, not two, but three parks were plogged by seven Nottingham Goodgymers. Rachel L, Rachel W, Soliane, Hamish, Alison, Janine and Peter were suitably armed with hi-viz and litter pickers and were soon filling our purple bin bags making these three publics spaces that little bit nicer. That nice in fact that we saw a hula hoop workshop taking place in park number one - next time Goodgymers, next time!

Yes we can!

Eight intrepid GoodGymers met up to clear some rubbish from a park near the city centre.

From nappies and underwear to an ironing board, mattress and a huge stash of beer cans, we collected around 10 bags of rubbish between us in an hour.

Thank you to all who came!